Tool for inserting sole-linings



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J. KEITH. TOOL FOR INSBRTING SOLE LININGS.

Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

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JEREMIAH KEITH, OF NORTH IIIDDLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

- TOOL FOR'INSERTING SOLE-L'ININGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,074, dated November 29, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH KEITH, of North Middleborough, in the county of Plymouth, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Implements for Inserting in a Shoe or Boot the Lining of the Insole Thereof; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top View, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal, median, and vertical section, of an implement embodying my. invention, the nature of which is defined in the claims hereinafter presented. Fig. 4 is a top View of an inner-sole lining as ordinarily made of cloth and pasted upon the upper surface of the insole of a shoe. Fig. 5 is a modification or section showing the slotted head and the forward or elastic spur as applied directly to the rod A, and not to an adjustable sleeve, as hereinafter explained.

The common practice of introducing such a lining into a shoe and down upon the insole thereof after paste may have been applied to the lower surface of the lining has been by means of a pointed stick having its point inserted in the lining near the front end thereof, great care being required to prevent the paste on the lining from contact with and soiling the lining of the upper. NVit-h the stick in hand and the lining held up to it by its point and by the finger, such lining was pushed into the shoe at its mouth to the necessary distance, and at its front end down upon the insole, after which the stick was withdrawn and the lining pressed down upon the insole, the whole requiring much time and care, if not skill, to be properly effected.

With my shoe-sole-lining'implement theinsertion of an insole-lining in a shoe or boot becomes an easy matter, comparatively speaking, and can be expeditiously effected with little or no danger of curling of the lining or pasting or soiling that of the upper.

In the drawings,A and B denote two straight rods jointed or hinged together at their inner ends, there being fixed to the rod B, at its rear end or part, a handle, 0. A sleeve or tube,

D, slides on the rod B across the joint or hinge a, the extent of its endwise movement being determined by a slot, b, in it, and a screw, 0, the latter going through the slot and being screwed into the rod B; In rear of the sleeve and bearing against it and the end of a short tube, d, encompassing and fastened to the rod B,is a spiral spring, E. A handle, F, fastened to the sleeve D, extends loosely through a hole, 9, in an ear, h, projecting upward from the tube d.

A short flat arm, G, fastened to the under side of the rod A,projects,in manner as shown, underneath the sleeve D. This arm has a slot, h, made in it, lengthwise of it,for a cam, 2', extending from the end of the rod B,to pass through, in order to act against a spring, H, fastened to and extending underneath the said arm. A spur or point, is, inclined backward, as shown, juts from the said arm through a hole or slot, Z, in the sprin On the rod A there is another sleeve, as shown at I, it being provided with a springcatch, K, to take into one -of a set of holes, Z, in the rod A, the purpose of such holes and catch being to adjust the elastic point orspur o of the sleeve nearer to or farther from the spur or point as thesize or length of thelining to be used may require.

The sleeve I terminates in a flat head, it, slotted lengthwise at its middle to a short distance from its front end. A curved spur, 0,is arranged to project down through the slot, such spur being extended from a slide,p,placed within the sleeve at its front end, and pressed forward by a spiral spring, 0", also arranged in the sleeve and resting against a screw,s,inserted in the sleeve. Under the slide there is in the sleeve a short slot, it, through which a screw, u, extends and screws into the slide, such slot and screw serving to limit the end wise movements of the spur 0.

. The spur 0 may be termed an elastic spur,

inasmuch'as it, with its slide p, can be moved backward, the spring allowing of such and operating to press the slide forward.

To use the implement, an insole-lining is first to be hitched near its toe upon the point of the spur 0, and is to be pulled backward, and at the middle of its heel portion such liningis to be hitched upon the point or spur 7c, the two spurs, under such circumstances,holding the lining inconnection with the implenient. Under this condition of the lining it, with wet paste on its under side, is to be introduced by the implement into the shoe to the proper distance, after which the holder of the implement is to retract the sleeve D be yond thejoint of the two rods A and B, the rod B, by means of the handle, is to be turned upward into an obtuse angle with the red A, and the lining is to be forced downward into contact throughout its length with the upper surface of the insole. The rod B is next to be turned up farther into or about into a right angle with the rod A, so as to cause the cam 13 to press the spring H downward relatively to the spur or point It and discharge the lining therefrom. On drawing backward the implement its point or spur 0 will be extraetedfrom the lining. Should the lining require to be pushed forward alittle or otherwise 1noved,it may be by means of an auxiliary spur or point, r, extending upward from the head near its front end, the implement being turned so as to bring the spur into contact with the lining. Such lining may be pressed down into close contact with the insole by drawing the front end part of the head backward over and upon the lining, as may be required to bring the lining throughout it in place.

In some implements the adjustable sleeve and its springeatch may be dispensed with, and the head and elastic spur be applied directly to the rod A, in which case the implement would be useful generally for one size only of lining; but with the adjustable sleeve and the springcatch and the series of holes the implement can be adapted for various sizes of linings. This change is shown in Fig. 5.

I claim- 1. The implement, substantially and forthe purpose as described, consisting of the two rods A and B, hinged together andhaving to the latter the handle G and the cam i, the sleeve D, with its operative spring and handle applied to the rod 13, the slotted arm G, fixed to the rod A and provided with the point or spur 7c and spring H, and the sleeve I, furnished with the slotted head or and with the elastic spur 0, extending through and below such head, as set forth, and also with the springeateh K, to engage with one ot' a series of holes, Z, in the rod A, all being arranged essentially as represented.

2. An insole lining inserting implement, substantially as described, consisting of the two rods A and B, hinged together and having to the latter the handle 0 and the cam i, the sleeve 1), with its operative spring and handle applied to the rod B, the slotted arm G, hinged to the rod A and provided with the point or spur 7c and spring H, and the head a and the elastic spur 0, extending from the rod A, all being arranged and for use as repre sented.

JEREMIAH KEITH. Witnesses:

JOHN C. SULLIVAN, EPHRIM Bennett. 

